Seeing that Time Lord culture is going to be so based on time and motion in the context of time, I thought this up, mostly during astronomy class. Basically, I was thinking about how the universe turns within itself: The Earth circles the Sun, the Moon circles the Earth, the whole Solar System circles the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Milky Way circles with other galaxies, and the whole universe spreads outwards into space… And it kind of made me think. While the whole clock/clockwork/pocket watch sort of steampunky aesthetic works very well in context, I thought that the order we see in the universe and the constant motion of heavenly bodies around their manifold centers would probably also figure very strongly in Time Lord culture, which might also explain why they also are so fixated on order, and that would come across very strongly, even in their nursery rhymes–a sort of indoctrination, if you will, if we’re thinking about the darker side of Gallifrey. Also, a sphere is an incredibly beautiful and quintessential form, and spheres within spheres, don’t even get me started.

ANYWHEN! So basically, this is what I came up with. I hope you all enjoy it!

I’ve watched Day of the Doctor and loved it! I’m not a huge fan of Eleven because no one can replace Ten in my heart. Although Nine will always be my first. ❤ 🙂
I tried to conjure up the appropriate voices of Nine – Twelve for the poem. (Even though I haven't officially made it to Twelve yet.)

Of course baby Time Lords aren’t kids, Rosey. 😛 Or wait, when they are kids they don’t have much time to be kid-ish. Which might explain why the Doctor behaves so erratically. He’s emotionally scarred 😛
Thank you! (I must admit, I’m vain enough to hope this sneaks its way into popular culture. :-P)

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Wouldn’t it be nice to suddenly get an email from Stephen Moffat asking if they can put this in an actual episode of Doctor Who? That would be so cool and it would probably take ALL my self-control not to fangirl like CRAZY in the reply email. 😛

XP well, that would be the last thing I want to happen… The one time I wrote a fan letter to my favorite author I spent a full week polishing it and making myself sound dignified, but still admiring. And then after I sent it I lay awake at night hoping he didn’t think I was crazy when he read it… If I wrote to anyone from Hornblower I’d probably do the exact same thing. My inner fan girl almost never sees the light of day without making itself look respectable first. 😉
Hmm… Yeah. But it might be worth a shot anyway.

Wow. Simultaneously? You are busy. XD I’m sort of busy too, but not that busy. I’m actually… *drops to a whisper* *looks around* *pulls you under a table* … I’m sending a letter to Jamie Bamber and seeing if he could sign my brother’s birthday card as Archie. This is for the brother who dressed up as Archie. *fidgets around* I hope it works. I’m bargaining to send him my fanfic and a picture of my brother’s smile when he opens the card. 😉

Me too! It would be a nice theme present, too. Since one of my presents is going to be the finished Hornblower story in a little booklet. 😉 I’m trying a little bargaining on the letter. I’ll send a picture of my brother’s face when he opens the card, and my story if he wants. 😛